Aeschylus' Scholia in ms. Ath. Iber. 209: Two Examples

Among the scholia to Aeschylus’ Persae preserved by the ms. Ath. Iber. 209 (12th–14th century), the one to v. 14 takes over a glossographic exegesis of the words ἱππότης and ἱππηλάτης as φυγάς, using it for an ἱππεύς which probably left the interpreters uncertain of the difference between ἄγγελος and ἱππεύς. The scholium on vv. 869–871 recalls two passages of Eustathius’ commentary to the Iliad, with a clear simplification; it belongs to a section, in the ms., which offers mostly scholia belonging to the A-family, which, according to Smith, derive from a lost commentary by Tzetzes, who, in turn, would have recalled Eustathius’ commentary to the Iliad. Nevertheless, a thorough analysis of this particular case shows that the situation is more complex. Finally, in this scholium we find the fragment of an anonymous author, which could be tragic, and, in particular, Euripidean.